The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...
About half to three-quarters of expectant mothers experience pain during pregnancy that is largely untreated, contributing to preventable suffering and harm. Many mothers avoid medications and ...
New research suggests that women may possess a heightened ability to detect subtle signs of illness in the faces of others.
Pain is not experienced equally. Nor is it believed equally. Research consistently shows that chronic pain conditions disproportionately affect women and people assigned female at birth. Yet the ways ...
How scientists are trying to make in-office gynecological procedures a little more comfortable. Many women dread the pain that typically accompanies the insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD) ...